The Wild World of Batwoman

The Wild World of Batwoman – one of the worst films ever made is also the first female superhero movie! Cashing in on Batman’s popularity in the 1960’s, it has nothing to do with the DC Comics’ Dark Knight. They got sued anyway …

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Bat Woman and her bevy of beautiful bat girls are up against the evil Ratfink and scheming Dr. Neon. They race against their nasty nemesis to locate the prototype of a new hearing aid which is actually an atomic listening device and nuclear bomb. A.K.A. “She Was a Hippie.”

Cast of characters

• Katherine Victor (Frankenstein Island) … Batwoman
• G.J. Mitchell (Face of the Screaming Werewolf) … Prof. G. Octavius Neon (as George Andre)
• Steve Brodie (The Giant Spider Invasion) … Jim Flanagan
• Richard Banks (Frankenstein Island) … J.B. Christians / Rat Fink
• Steve Conte (Face of the Screaming Werewolf) … Bruno
• Mel Oshins … Tiger
• Bruno VeSota (Attack of the Giant Leeches) … Seltzer
• Bob Arbogast … Broakley / Seltzer’s assistant / séance spirit voice
• The Young Giants … Themselves
• Lucki Winn … Bat Girl #14
• Suzanne Lodge … Kidnapped Bat Girl
• Pam Garry … Bat Girl
• Sylvia Holiday … Bat Girl
• Francis Bryan … Bat Girl
• Leah London … Bat Girl
• Lloyd Nelson … Heathcliff

Trivia

• Most of the actresses were cast when the strip club where they worked was raided by the police.
• Katherine Victor created the Batwoman costume herself because Jerry Warren would not hire a costume designer. She made the bat insignia with a cardboard cutout, outlined it on her chest with a drawing pencil, and filled it in with black eyeliner.
• DC Comics, which owns the character Batman, sued the production company, Associated Distributors Productions, for copyright infringement. Contrary to popular belief, Warren won. After the lawsuit, as the popularity of the Batman television series died down, Warren re-released the film under the title “She Was a Hippy Vampire“.
• In one shot, the name of the corporation as “Ayjax”, not “Ajax”. The shot was added after production, to prevent Ajax from suing.